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TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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TOP: AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building
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ork is morethan 60% of wake time, or when self-
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TOP: AONE competency: Leadership
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TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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ts. Meetingwith the nurse privately may assist in identifying stress and possible s
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olutions.
TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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2. The nurse manager of a unit has lost many staff members, and the unit is now staf
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fed with a large number of agency and traveling nurses. She knows that the agenc
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One way to improve morale and decrease stress in the unit would be to:
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b. plan unit-based social events for your remaining permanent staff members.
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c. request hospital-based “floating” nurses to substitute for the temporary staff.
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Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition Exam Questions an
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d Answers Graded A+ Guaranteed Success Latest Update 2022/2023
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to buffer the effects of a stressful work environment. Including all staff in the socia
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l event enables thosewho are not normally part of the team to experience this suppo
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rt and provides an opportunity for the staff as a whole to develop supportive relatio
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nships.
TOP: AONE competency: Communication and Relationship-Building
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3. As a nurse manager, the one activity you should not overlook is:
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a. posting the yearly rotation schedule. g g g g
b. reviewing vacation requests. g g
c. scheduling staffing for holidays 6 months in advance. g g g g g g g
d. anticipating staff sick days. g g g
ANS: B g
Free time and vacation time are needed for individuals to recharge. If time for w
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ork is morethan 60% of wake time, or when self-
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time is less than 10% of wake time, stress levels increase.
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TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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4. A nurse manager has decided that she must institute some personal time-
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management steps tosurvive work and home life. Her first step should be to:
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a. determine what takes up so much of her time and energy.
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b. organize her personal and work spaces. g g g g g
c. purchase a handheld personal digital assistant to help remind her of
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d Answers Graded A+ Guaranteed Success Latest Update 2022/2023
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d Answers Graded A+ Guaranteed Success Latest Update 2022/2023
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ANS: D g
Personal time management refers, in part, to “the knowing of self.” Self-
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awareness is a criticalleadership skill, and being self-
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aware and setting goals helps managers determine how their time is best spent.
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TOP: AONE competency: Leadership
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5. A hospice nurse has been feeling very stressed at work because of both the physica
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l strain andthe emotional drain of working with clients with AIDS. She tries to wal
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work-related feelings. One reasonable stress-management strategy would be to:
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a. start taking yoga lessons. g g g
b. make an appointment to meet with a psychiatrist.
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c. start jogging 5 to 6 miles every day.
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ANS: A g
Stress relief techniques include 30 minutes of exercise five times a week,
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TOP: AONE competency: Leadership
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complexitycompression or rapid, intense changes have been involved.
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TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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ANS: B g
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tress.
TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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8. The staff development educator presents a series of programs on stress manage
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ment to thenurse managers. Research has indicated that an individual’s ability t
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